LONGMONT -- A Longmont couple are due in Boulder County Court on Wednesday for filing of charges in a case in which they are accused of stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise from Walmart stores in Longmont, Loveland and Lafayette.

Police report that Ricky Woodall and Christina Rogers-Woodall shoplifted thousands of dollars worth of video games, DVDs, toys and household goods from Walmart stores by using the "push out" method. Shoplifters place items into shopping baskets, sometimes bagging them, and walk out of the store.

"They are really bold and brazen," said Officer Dan Kilian of the Longmont Gang Crime and Suppression Unit.

Rogers-Woodall

According to police reports, the couple would visit stores and conceal items in baskets or with the help of their children, ages 9, 12 and 17. Police investigating the shoplifting stopped Rogers-Woodall's vehicle on Dec. 21 and found $1,295 worth of stolen Walmart merchandise in the SUV. Police placed Rogers-Woodall and Woodall under surveillance in January and watched as they visited Walmarts in Longmont, Loveland and Lafayette. Officers worked with the stores' loss prevention officers to collect video of the visits to the stores, including tapes of the couple taking items.

In one case, police followed the couple from a Walmart directly to a video game store, where the employee confirmed he bought multiple Wii controllers from the pair.

Kilian said a stolen Razor scooter had been given to one of the couple's children for Christmas, and the child told an officer as it was confiscated that Santa had given it to him.

Both were arrested on suspicion of felony theft, theft by receiving, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, providing false information to a pawnbroker and possession of burglary tools.

Woodall was also arrested on one count of driving under a restrained license, a traffic offense. Rogers-Woodall was also arrested on suspicion of complicity.